And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you (C)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. The beast that you saw (D)was, and is not, and (E)is about to rise from (F)the bottomless pit[b] and (G)go to destruction. And (H)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in (I)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because (J)it was and is not and is to come.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
  2. Revelation 17:8 Greek the abyss

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